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ITALY:
Online gambling licences likely before year end

Gambling regulator Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) is expected to issue online gambling licences valid until 31 December 2022 before the end of this year

SWEDEN:
60 applications for gambling licences
Lotteriinspektionen, the gaming regulatory body, has announced it has received 60 applications (55 for online and sports betting) to operate in the country’s new regulated gambling market, set to start on 1 January, 2019

SOUTH AFRICA:
Public consultation for gambling bill amendments
The Cabinet has approved the draft National Gambling Amendment Bill for public comment – the bill aims to ensure cooperative governance and oversight are improved and negative effects of gambling are drastically reduced

AUSTRALIA:
Legislation to ban lottery betting
The government of Western Australia has introduced new laws to ban online lottery betting operators such as Lottoland, in order to help protect state-owned Lotterywest

PERU:
Government hikes gaming tax
By Presidential Decree, from 1 January 2019 all casino gaming tables, slot machines, lotteries, raffles and draws, bingos, horseracing and online bets will pay point of consumption tax

GIBRALTAR:
Scientific Games sets up sportsbook operations team
Gaming supplier Scientific Games has established a new sportsbook operations team in Gibraltar headed up by former Superbet Digital managing director Stuart Weston

U.S.A.:
PGCB to offer online licences to non-PA operators
Pennsylvania regulators have approved two more online gambling license applications while preparing to offer the few remaining licenses to out-of-state or even international operators

U.K.:
New FOBT regulations submitted for EC approval
The government has notified its amended regulations for the proposed reduction of maximum stake levels on fixed odds betting terminals to the European Commission